Movie quiz conducted on 28.11.10

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The Movie Quiz
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2. • Round 1 : Garam Masala
• Round 2 : Sound of Music
• Round 3 : Cross Connection
• Round 4 : Sound of Music II
• Round 5 : Garam Masala II
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3. • 3.00 – 3.20 pm: PRELIMS : Qs 1-15 : (Ashoke)
• 3.20 – 3.40 pm: PRELIMS : Qs 16-30 : (Somnath)
• 3.45 – 4.05 pm: CHECKING OF PAPERS
• 4.15 – 5.00 pm: ROUND I : 25 Qs: (Ashoke)
• 5.00 – 5.15 pm: ROUND II : AUDIO/VIDEO -10 Qs : (Ashoke)
• 5.15 – 5.30 pm: ROUND III : THEME – 10 Qs : (Ashoke/Somnath)
• 5.30 – 5.45 pm: ROUND IV : AUDIO/VIDEO -10 Qs : (Somnath)
• 5.45 – 6.30 pm: ROUND V : 25 Qs : (Somnath)
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4. ROUND 1

6. RULES
* Total 25 questions.
* Clock Infinite Bounce.
* Marks : 10 for direct; 10 for bonus.
* Just pick your lucky number.

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Which Hollywood legend born to Karl & Anna
Gustafson has an autobiography titled - “Here
Lies The Heart”? (Clue – She was once named
“the most beautiful woman who ever lived” by
the The Guinness Book of World Records.)

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ANSWER
 Greta Garbo

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AUD 2.
The story of which superhit film as told by the
scriptwriters to the producer: ‘First half -
Mother India, second half – Ganga Jamuna’?

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 Deewar

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Amitabh Bachchan won the National Film
Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Actor in
2010, for the movie ‘Paa’. Who was the first
receipient of this award in 1968?

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ANSWER
 Uttam Kumar

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AUD 4.
Which legendary director was nominated for
12 Oscars overall as a director or screen-writer
without winning any? (Clue - He received an
Honorary Award in 1992)

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 Federico Fellini

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Which is the first Bollywood movie to be filmed
in Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil?

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 Dhoom 2

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Which Hindi film released in 2006, adopted an
innovative marketing strategy by giving free
tickets to people with either of two particular
surnames for a limited time-period at limited
centres?

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ANSWER
 Khosla ka Ghosla.

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This 1935 movie had the following to its credits:
It won the following Academy Awards:
* Best Cinematography - ____ _____
* Best Film Editing - Ralph Dawson
It was nominated for:
* Best Picture - Henry Blanke (Producer)
* Best Assistant Director - Sherry Shourds
What is special about this?
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Subrata Mitra, the favourite camera-man of
Satyajit Ray was supposed to have a long
cherished desire to shoot a song-and-dance
sequence in hindi films which was finally
fulfilled in which film? (Clue – The hero of the
movie took Rs. 1 as remuneration as it was
produced by his friend.)

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ANSWER
 Teesri Kasam

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A R Rehman’s first assignment of composing
music of a hindi film was withdrawn after he
took an abnormally long time to compose the
music of the film which had won a National
Award for the best supporting actor. Which
film are we talking about?

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 Drohkaal

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Its an exclusive list. Name the 4th one in the list.

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 Al Pacino

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Which first in hindi film music is credited to
this 1971 film?

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First dialogues of X in the film: “My name is
____. This is my neighbourhood. This is my
street. This ___ ___ is my life. I’m 42 yrs old. In
less than a year, I’ll be dead.” Name this Oscar
winning film. (Clue – 2nd set of dashes give the
name of the film)

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 American Beauty
 These are the 1st lines
spoken by Lester
Burnham (Kevin Spacey).

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He was born in Nairobi. He played the role of
Narada in “Vaman Avatar”. He also did bit
roles in Hunterwali, Miss Frontier Mail, Kala
Gulaal etc. He won 3 National Awards, the first
one in his category to have won so. Who?

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 Jaidev Verma
 Won National Awards for RESHMA AUR
SHERA, GAMAN & ANKAHEE.

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Written by Hasrat Jaipuri and composed by
Jaikishen of Shankar-Jaikishen fame, for an
abandoned Raj Kapoor project called
“Ajanta”, it resurfaced 25 years later in
another film credited to another music
director. It was also the only song credited to
Hasrat Jaipuri on that album. Identify this
chartbuster.

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ANSWER
 “Sun Sahiba Sun” in Ram Teri Ganga
Maili.

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This phrase, also the title of a film, said to have
originated from the name of a British clothes
shop, where men could buy their suits and
everything else required for their outfits. The
film was adapted into a 2000 Broadway
musical of the same name; only the characters
and settings were Americanised. Identify the
phrase or the film.

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 The Full Monty

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This film, the directorial debut of the director,
was based on a real incident in Bhiwandi,
outside Mumbai and involved rioting. The
widely reported incident was brought to the
notice of the director by a noted playwright
whose daughter was also an actress. Name the
film.

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 Aakrosh

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Two leading actors of their generation could
not stand each other. So, in a film they featured
together, scenes involving their character has to
be shot separately - one actor & double for the
other’s back. The film had a memorable quote
by a character named Jimmy who when faced
with a firing squad, said that he ‘had a very low
threshold of death!’ Name the actors.

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 The actors - Peter Sellers & Orson
Welles. (Woody Allen played Jimmy
Bond). The film was Casino Royale.

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This film was initially titled “Shirin”, after
Shirin Mohammed Ali. Her ‘husband’ issued
a newspaper ad claiming he was indeed
married to her. Some films dedicated to
Shirin Mohammed Ali: “Yeh Hai Mumbai
Meri Jaan”, “Ghulam” &“Dushman”. What
was the film “Shirin” later retitled as?

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 The autobiographical “Zakhm” by
Mahesh Bhatt; Shirin Ali is Mahesh
Bhatt’s mother.

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* This Oscar winning movie starts with a
disclaimer which states: “THIS IS A TRUE
STORY. The events depicted in this film took
place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of
the survivors, the names have been changed.
Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been
told exactly as it occurred”.
* At the end of the credits, this message
appears: “The persons and events portrayed in
this production are fictitious”.
* Which movie?

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 Fargo

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The song “Mere sapnon ki rani” holds great
importance in Kishore Kumar’s singing career.
But “Mere sapnon ki rani” holds significance in
the singing career of another singer as well.
Who and what significance?
(No points for just identifying the singer.)

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Who is the only actor to have had all his movies
he acted in, nominated for the Oscars?
(A film documentary and tribute about him,
titled “I Knew It Was You”,
was an entry at the 2009
Sundance Film Festival.)

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 John Holland Cazale.

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His last film was actor Motilal’s directorial
venture “Chhoti Chhoti Baatein” in 1965. Later
he started working for Akashvani in Delhi and
became a Vice-Chancellor at the Jawaharlal
Nehru University for 2 years. One of his sons
tried to carry forward his legacy. Who am I
talking about?

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 Anil Biswas

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Just identify both of them. The film also
marked the debut of the hero. (Clue - Early
40’s) (Bigger visual - next slide)

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ANSWER
 Noor Jahan in her first film as
heroine with Pran as hero in
“Khandaan” (1942)

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Steve McQueen was offered this role. It would
have been the first time he and X would star
together. Since both were huge stars, there were
games of ego being played. A compromise was
reached regarding the appearance of names in
the title credits. But for some reason McQueen,
smelled a rat and pulled out of the film. Both
later turned up for the first time in 1974. Name
X and the original film that was supposed to
star them.

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 X - Paul Newman. The original film
was : Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid.

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She was said to be the 1st to appear in a swim-
suit in Hindi films. Who? (Bigger visual – next
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 Lalita Pawar

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Connect:
* Marilyn Monroe in “The 7 Year Itch”;
* Edward Norton in “Fight Club”;
* Uma Thurman in “The Kill Bill” series;
* Joan Fontaine in “Rebecca” &
* Kevin Costner in “The Postman”.
(It’s not an exhaustive list)

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 These character’s names are not
let known to the audience in the
movie.

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Her talent in singing was never properly
utilised by the Bombay film industry. She shot
into prominence by her memorable acting in a
1938 New Theatres film that also featured
Prithviraj Kapoor. She worked in Hindi as well
as regional films. Who?

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 Chhaya Devi. The film in question was
'Vidyapati'.

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She has the dubious honour of winning three
Golden Raspberry Worst Actress Awards and
was nominated in 2000 as the “Worst Actress of
the Century”. Her autobio-
graphy is titled “Riding
Lessons: Everything That
Matters in Life I Learned
from Horses”. Who?
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 Bo Derek. Won Razzies for Tarzan - The
Ape Man(1981), Bolero(1984) and
Ghosts Can't Do It(1990).

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He was the first lyricist to introduce ‘Aap’ in
Hindi film songs. Who? (Bigger visual – next
slide)

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 Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

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This movie, where both the hero & the heroine
made their silver-screen debut, was initially
titled ‘Jaan’. The Producer then changed the
title to ‘Meri Jeet’. After contemplating to select
‘Jeet’ and ‘Satwa Asmaan’, he finally selected a
title which was also the name of an earlier film
made 46 years ago. Which title was ultimately
selected for that movie?

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 Barsaat